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Release Date:
3 May 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
If you can't find the perfect contender....make one.
Plot:
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches...
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Boxing
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Boxer
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Satire
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Corruption
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Woman As Object
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Very sharp boxing satire!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Rev. Fred Sultan |
 | Jeff Goldblum | ... | Mitchell Kane |
 | Peter Berg | ... | Terry Conklin |
 | Corbin Bernsen | ... | Peter Prince |
 | Jon Lovitz | ... | Sol |
 | Cheech Marin | ... | Julio Escobar |
 | John Rhys-Davies | ... | Johnny Windsor |
 | Salli Richardson-Whitfield | ... | Bambi (as Salli Richardson) |
 | Jamie Foxx | ... | Hassan El Ruk'n |
| Rocky Carroll | ... | Artemus St. John Saint |
 | Albert Hall | ... | Roper's Manager |
| Susan Gibney | ... | Vivian |
| Michael Jace | ... | Marvin Shabazz |
| Duane Davis | ... | Palace Guard #1 |
| Lamont Johnson | ... | Palace Guard #2 |
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91 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
USA:R (certificate #34402) |
South Korea:15 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Australia:MA |
Denmark:16 |
UK:15
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Director Cameo: [Reginald Hudlin]the last dancer in the closing credits of the film.
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Continuity: The length of Roper's cigarette just before the fight.
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James Roper:
Hey, we ain't duckin' you man. You're just so black we can't find you!
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Spoofs Roger & Me (1989)
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Knocked Nekked (From The Waist Down)
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Reading through the reviews on here, I can only assume that the humour in this film was wasted on a lot of people. Boxing is one of the few sports that translates well into the movies, with there being a decent number of great films based around the sport. This is slightly different to most however, as it takes a very humorous, cynical approach. There are so many memorable scenes and lines in the movie, right from the opening scene it's spot-on and I really can't work out where this criticism of the direction stems from! The fight scenes are over quickly and are nothing like the real thing - obviously - it's a comedy, not a documentary (sigh).
Like I said, I can only assume that the biting satire has been wasted on some viewers who were clearly expecting something different from the film. Each to their own, the film seems to have missed it's audience, but a 5 or 6 out of ten it certainly isn't! For me, it's definitely one of the better comedies out there. It's sharp, funny and well worth watching. 8 out of 10.